COVID-19 Edtech Recap

By The Yellowdig Team

*Normally we conduct monthly edtech recaps on major news we’re seeing throughout the industry. However given our current situation, we thought it would be more beneficial to provide a timeline recapping major news stories about how COVID-19 is impacting higher ed and how leaders in the space are responding. This recap is only representative of the timeline up until May 20, 2020.

February:

* UNESCO has been monitoring global school closures in response to COVID-19 and report that local schools in China started closing as early as February 8, 2020. Link

* Schools in Asia started closing at a national level due to COVID-19 mid-February (2/14/2020). Link

* By the end of February, U.S. universities had started cancelling study abroad programs in Italy (2/26/2020). Link

March:

* In early March, COVID-19 became a real threat for many Americans as the U.S. started planning for national school closures and how it might affect students (3/6/2020). Link

* The bleak reality of what college closures means for low-income and disadvantaged students became all the more clear (3/11/2020). Link

* The higher ed and education community at large came together and provided guides for online teaching and resources lists started popping up everywhere you looked (3/11/2020). Link